Teacher+Feedback

//Teaching history has become more alive and meaningful to both myself and the students! Using the Historical Literacy concepts allows for more higher level thinking and excitement. Using historical literacy questions is quite easy to do and fits beautifully into the curriculum. They make sense. The students remember history because it means something to them.// Grade 5 Teacher

//The teaching of historical events needs to be sensitive to the following values, and social perspectives both past and present so that students may form their own opinions from understanding rather than a narrow biased focus//. Grade 8 Teacher

//I think that through thinking more about these concepts has helped me to:// Grade 8 Teacher
 * //Pick out topics/info that is more significant to the actual time periods and to spend more time on these issues that are actually still affecting us today.//
 * //Look at the continuity and change. I have also looked at connecting the units instead of teaching them as separate blocks.//

//I really:// Grade 5 Teacher
 * //Think about what concepts are important and focus on them more critically.//
 * //Ask more "why" and "what if" questions of the students.//
 * //Get them to take an important citizenship role.//
 * //Get them to understand perspective by putting them in the position of the person in history.//

//My approach to teaching Grade 8 Social Studies has changed. I am "getting through" units faster, yet more effectively by focusing on historically significant topics and "cutting loose" some stuff that took up too much time. Grade 8 Teacher//